Commanders depth chart, upcoming free agents and major roster issues for the 2024 offseason

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty ImagesNearly blank canvas

GM Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn take over a team with a roster that is largely an empty slate. The team has 52 players under contract, but only seven of those players have cap hits of $5m or more in 2024, and only 4 players — Charles Leno, Terry McLaurin, Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen — are locked into contracts with cap hits in excess of $15m. This is Leno’s last year under contract, while Allen has just two years left on his.

In short, there are really only two players locked into expensive deals beyond 2025, and when you scan the current 53-man offseason roster, it’s easy to see that perhaps 20 names belong to guys who are…